Hierarchical segmentation-based software for cover classification analyses of seabed images (Seascape)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 431, Issue , 2011, Pages 45-53

  Teixidó, Núria ^a,b,c   Albajes Eizagirre, Anton ^d   Bolbo, Didier ^e   Le Hir, Emilie ^e   Demestre, Montse ^b   Garrabou, Joaquim ^b   Guigues, Laurent ^f   Gili, Josep Maria ^b   Piera, Jaume ^g   Prelot, Thomas ^e   Soria Frisch, Aureli ^d  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Institut Géographique National IGN Laboratoire MATIS ^*  (Spain)

^e INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^g CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Area cover; Benthic communities; Digital photography; Hierarchical segmentation; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79958281114     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09127     Document Type: Article

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